The Hoverboard.....

Gareee · Post by **Gareee** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 5:21 pm

Looks awesome! One thing we found out, is that the mata does *not* float over water.. it sinks like a rock.

Fixing that, and making the hoverboard a water skimmer would be a nice addition. And maybe add "roll" like they have in the spaceships, for stunts...

LoQtUS · Post by **LoQtUS** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 12:30 am

Thanks for the Compliment on the board, To be honest that is a Work in Progress Pic. Its actualy not done yet

Interesting info about it sinking. ( looks at Jb) Can we do that ? LOL

For the Stunts I was thinking that we could do custom animations that would mock Skateboarders tricks from a 1/2 pipe ramp. Be it that i did quite a bit of that in my younger days, I think i can remember a few of the Moves

neolith · Post by **neolith** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 8:22 am

LoQtUS wrote:Interesting info about it sinking. ( looks at Jb) Can we do that ? LOL

LOL, Marty McFly couldn't use his hoverboard above water either...

LoQtUS wrote: For the Stunts I was thinking that we could do custom animations that would mock Skateboarders tricks from a 1/2 pipe ramp. Be it that i did quite a bit of that in my younger days, I think i can remember a few of the Moves

Hehe, yes, let's make Tony Hawk look like newb. We have board trick and weapons!

|GoD|Plaguelord|LDR| · Fri Mar 19, 2004 9:47 am

Oh no... Tony Hawk plus Chaos... this sounds like it could get really ugly: Backflip 540 Stalefish Headshot

Nemephosis · Post by **Nemephosis** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 4:10 am

For the hoverboard skimming on water, just put an invisible blocking volume in the bottom. Boom, floating hoverboard.

TKATK · Post by **TKATK** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 7:45 am

you forgot Headgrind Headshots

Kyllian · Post by **Kyllian** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 7:50 am

neolith wrote:LOL, Marty McFly couldn't use his hoverboard above water either...

Yea, but he didn't have Chaos weapons either

neolith · Post by **neolith** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 9:09 am

Nemephosis wrote:For the hoverboard skimming on water, just put an invisible blocking volume in the bottom. Boom, floating hoverboard.

That would stop people from diving, wouldn't it? Plus the hoverboard would not work with any older maps...

jb · Post by jb » Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:16 pm

Currently the manta will not hover over water as well. So we will have to figure out a way around it..

Zachariah · Post by **Zachariah** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 1:33 pm

TKATK wrote:you forgot Headgrind Headshots

actually we;ve already spoken of Headshot capable hoverboards in the Devs

TKATK · Post by **TKATK** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 6:39 pm

and i hope they agreed

and it should not stop Daredevil bonuses,boost you up getting you a nice 10-30 levels

-Penfold- · Post by **-Penfold-** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 8:18 pm

The manta doesn't go over water???

Is this an oversight by epic, or a concious decision for gameplay/balance issues?

Either way, if anyone from Epic or DE happens to be reading this, how about a "Hovercraft float over water" checkbox under the maps gameplay settings option in the next patch?

Isotope · Post by **Isotope** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 8:21 pm

If you read the description, it said that it was designed for marsh/swamp combat.

Nemephosis · Post by **Nemephosis** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 12:47 am

neolith wrote:
Nemephosis wrote:For the hoverboard skimming on water, just put an invisible blocking volume in the bottom. Boom, floating hoverboard.
That would stop people from diving, wouldn't it? Plus the hoverboard would not work with any older maps...

Why wouldn't it? The blocking volume would just stop things from going into water/lava etc. Therefore if you stick one on the underside of the hoverboard it would float over anything called water or lava in a map. Should work fine.

It might stop people from diving but it's supposed to be a hoverboard, right? Not a submarine :p

Post by **Shadowstar** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 1:01 am

Technically, wouldn't it float over everything else too?